Local 5118 HPAE State Convention Nomination Form
The Nominations/Election Committee announces that they are now accepting nominations to represent Local 5118 at this year’s HPAE State Convention.
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Cooper Calls Off Purchase of Lourdes Health System
Cooper University Health Care said Friday it "will no longer pursue the acquisition" of Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center and other assets of a Catholic-run health system.
Cooper RN Joan Davis Recounts Her Experience as a Volunteer in Puerto Rico
Saturday September 30, the call went out. It was sent via email to all of the sister unions of the AFL-CIO. Puerto Rico needs help. The AFL-CIO is the largest federation of unions in the United States. Several hundred
Local 5118 Update: Cooper Acquisition of Lourdes and Saint Francis Hospitals
On August 31 Cooper announced that it had executed a Letter of Intent to acquire Trinity Health’s New Jersey facilities. There are two Lourdes Hospitals (Camden and Burlington) and Saint Francis in Trenton. As the certified bargaining representative of the
HPAE Nurses join AFL-CIO Recovery Efforts in Puerto Rico
HPAE Registered Nurses have boarded a chartered flight from Newark, NJ to Puerto Rico to provide medical support to the people of the island as they struggle to recover from the effects of Hurricane Maria.
Local 5118 Rep Meeting
Local 5118 Union Reps met yesterday for one of their regularly scheduled meetings throughout the year.
Local 5118 Provides Scholarship to Dominic Parone
Local 5118 presented its annual $1000 scholarship at the South Jersey Central Labor Council Labor Day breakfast to Dominic Parone, a flight nurse at Cooper University Hospital.
Cooper University Health Care to Acquire Three Hospitals
Cooper University Health System will acquire Lourdes Health System, with hospitals in Camden and Willingboro, and St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton from Trinity Health, under a preliminary deal announced Thursday. Click here to read a press release from Cooper
Local 5118 Ratifies Contract with Cooper University Hospital!
By a large majority, the members of local 5118 ratified their new contract yesterday with Cooper University Hospital. Read highlights of the agreement here.
Tentative Agreement Reached with Cooper: Ratification Vote on June 5th
The Local 5118 Negotiations Committee has reached a tentative contract settlement with Cooper University Hospital.
Local 5118 contract update, May 26
The bargaining committee has been hard at work for the past two months advocating for the issues that are important to us. Five months ago we identified our key issues for these negotiations. Staffing. We have good staffing language. The
Our Negotiating Committee Forces Cooper to Make Significant Moves
At yesterday's bargaining session, Cooper finally began to make significant moves to resolve the contract issues.